Lydia Millet’s Writerly Evolution Is All About Being More Shameless
The prolific Pulitzer Prize finalist discusses writing outdoors, being brutally honest about writer’s block, and saying no to line edits
The prolific Pulitzer Prize finalist discusses writing outdoors, being brutally honest about writer’s block, and saying no to line edits
Siang Lu, author of GHOST CITIES, on dedicating yourself to craft in the face of failure and learning to be your own advocate
“Kitchen Barbarians” by Jason Kwon, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
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SupportCozy up this fall with titles from K Chiucarello, Zaina Arafat, and a debut novel from filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun
A specialist in declaring friends’ parents incompetent, trusted lawyer of many, she herself was about to be declared incompetent
A vibrant collage of horses highlights the chaos of community when ecosystems erode
Enjoy absorbing fiction from Recommended Reading every Monday and strange, diverting work from The Commuter every Wednesday.
“Kitchen Barbarians” by Jason Kwon, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
Two poems by Erika Meitner
An excerpt from NOTES ON A COLONIAL SITUATION IN HELL by Robert G Penner, recommended by Jeremy M Davies